
sailboat explores Princess Royal Reach in Jervis Inlet
'Jervis Inlet' is one of the principal inlets of the
British Columbia Coast, about 95 km northwest of downtown
Vancouver. It stretches 90 km from its head at the mouth of the short (18 km) Skwakwa River to its opening into the
Strait of Georgia near
Texada Island. At its uppermost stretch is Queens Reach, which takes a sharp right-angle often seen in
fjord areas, to become Princess Royal Reach: both reaches are about 20 km in length. The most frequented of the inlets around Queens Reach is
Princess Louisa Inlet - home to the Malibu Club, a
Young Life high school camp, and a busy destination for recreational watercraft traveling upstream to the
Princess Louisa Marine Provincial Park and popular Chatterbox Falls.
At the mouth of Jervis Inlet a short passenger and vehicle ferry operated by
BC Ferries connects
Earl's Cove on the upper end of the
Sechelt Peninsula of the lower
Sunshine Coast with
Saltery Bay, on the bottom end of the Malaspina Peninsula of the upper
Sunshine Coast.
N.B. Typically "Jervis" is pronounced JAR-vis in
British Columbia, a reminder of the British legacy in that
province, although the more North American pronunciation JUR-vis is often heard.
Other Sources
Deep Water Properties of Jervis Inlet Department of Fisheries and Oceans.